PSY BEH 118D Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Marital Rape, Flunitrazepam, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
13 Jun 2018
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• rape + stats
o rape: non-consenting oral, anal, or vaginal penetration obtained by force, threat of
bodily harm, or when the victims incapable of giving consent
o statistics
▪ 90,000 rapes completed or attempted in the US in 2007
▪ most underreported crime
▪ more than ½ all rapes of women occur before age 18
▪ 22% before 12
• impact of rape
o high levels of distress
▪ generally reach a peak 3 weeks after the assault
▪ continue at a high level for the next month
o gradual improvement
▪ beginning 2 or 3 months after the assault
o differences between raped and non-victimized women disappear after 3 months
▪ EXCEPT that raped women continue to report more fear, anxiety, self-esteem
problems, and sexual disorders
▪ may persist for 18+ months
o self blame
▪ linked to worse-long-term psychological outcomes
o damage to women’s physical health
▪ physical injuries
▪ may contract STI
▪ in about 5% of cases pregnancy occurs
o PTSD
▪ severe, long term psychological symptoms following a rape
▪ re-experience the traumatic even
▪ avoid stimuli
▪ hyper-arousal
o posttraumatic growth
▪ posttraumatic growth
▪ positive life changes
▪ psychological development following exposure to trauma
• date rape
o most common, especially on college campus
o result from male-female miscommunication
▪ men’s traditional view that no means yes
▪ men need to learn that NO means NO
o emergence of date-rape drug, rohypnol (“roofie”)
▪ causes drowsiness or sleep, men rapes women while she is asleep
▪ causes her not to remember the event
• marital rape
o marital rape: the rape of a person by his or her current or former spouse
o association between marital violence and marital rape
o man might rape his wife for many motives, including:
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